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more elegant way to write this SQL?

From: NetComrade <andreyNSPAM_at_bookexchange.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 17:28:25 GMT
Message-ID: <3d6ba71d.1564407579@news.globix.com>


Basicly in needs description, team_name and min(percentile) from games and member_team tables, but since I can't group by description only, I am forced to use 2 queries. Is there are a better way to write this?
(I know I can get rid of the games table until the last step, but it's
not my concern for now)

Thanx.

select a.descr AS description, a.team_name, a.percentile FROM
(

SELECT g.description descr, mt.team_name team_name, percentile FROM games g, member_team mt
WHERE g.id = mt.game_id
  AND mt.member_id = :b
) a,
(

SELECT g.description descr, MIN(mt.percentile) percentile FROM games g, member_team mt
WHERE g.id = mt.game_id
  AND mt.member_id = :b
GROUP BY g.description) b
WHERE a.percentile=b.percentile
  AND a.descr=b.descr
.......
We use Oracle 8.1.7.3 on Solaris 2.7 boxes remove NSPAM to email Received on Tue Aug 27 2002 - 12:28:25 CDT

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